Murfreesboro, TN – October 26, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE –
Bucket City Deck Contractors has expanded its porch design and installation services, widening the range of covered, screened, and front-entry porch structures available to homeowners in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and the surrounding Rutherford County communities. The expanded program brings porch construction in line with the company’s existing deck, patio, and pergola work under a single design-to-installation process.
The expansion covers full-depth covered porches, screened enclosures, wraparound and front-entry designs, and porches paired with pergolas or attached shade structures. Porch design work now spans pressure-treated wood, composite decking, and low-maintenance railing systems chosen for the humidity and temperature swings common across Middle Tennessee. Roof options include gable, hip, and shed profiles matched to a home’s existing lines, and screened builds can incorporate ceiling fans, recessed lighting, and insect screening within the framed structure. Each project moves from an on-site consultation and measured drawing through permitting and construction, with one crew handling framing, roofing, and finish carpentry.
Interest in outdoor living space has stayed elevated across the home-improvement sector. The American Institute of Architects reported in its 2025 Home Design Trends Survey that outdoor living spaces and covered outdoor areas remained the most requested exterior feature category among residential architecture firms, even as the net share reporting increasing popularity slipped from 60 percent in 2024 to 55 percent in 2025. A separate 2025 survey of 1,006 homeowners found that 84 percent planned an outdoor upgrade within the following year, with decks and patios among the most common projects.
A homeowner survey conducted by Houzz pointed in the same direction, with 33 percent of homeowners reporting upgrades intended to extend indoor living space to the outdoors. Industry analysts have described the shift as a move toward furnished outdoor rooms, complete with seating, lighting, and shade, rather than plain pass-through porches or bare patios.
Resale figures have reinforced that pattern. The National Association of Realtors, in its Remodeling Impact Report, estimated that patios recoup up to about 95 percent of their installation cost and that a new wood deck recovers up to roughly 89 percent. Porches, which combine deck-style framing with a roof, rely on the same construction methods that underpin those return figures, and they add sheltered square footage that extends a home’s usable living area.
Porch construction differs from open decking in ways that shape the design process. A roofed structure calls for deeper footings, engineered load paths for the roof, and drainage planning that directs water away from the framing, all of which factor into the measured design stage. Those requirements, addressed during permitting, help a finished porch stand up to the storms and seasonal moisture typical of the region.
“The expansion reflects steady interest in porches as year-round living space rather than seasonal add-ons,” said Dave Harris, owner of Bucket City Deck Contractors. “Homeowners across the county increasingly want a covered outdoor room that holds up in spring storms and summer heat, and the broadened service is built around that shift.”
Bucket City Deck Contractors operates from Murfreesboro and serves Rutherford County along with nearby communities that include Brentwood, Franklin, and La Vergne. The porch expansion runs alongside the company’s deck installation, repair, and restoration services, allowing combined outdoor projects to be planned and built by a single team rather than separate contractors. That arrangement, according to the company, shortens scheduling and keeps design details consistent from the deck surface through the porch roofline.
“Pairing a porch with an existing deck or patio tends to be simpler when one crew plans the whole layout,” said Harris. “Matching materials, rooflines, and railing profiles is far easier when the framing and the finish are handled together.”
The expanded service is available now to homeowners scheduling projects in Murfreesboro and the wider Rutherford County area. For more information, visit Bucket City Deck Contractors.
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For more information about Bucket City Deck Contractors, contact the company here:
Bucket City Deck Contractors
Dave Harris
6152057744
info@bucketcitydeckcontractors.com
MURFREESBORO, TN, 37127
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